Movie Description The true-life adventure of a Uruguayan team of rugby players who survive a plane crash in the desolate Andes Mountains in 1972. For 10 weeks they struggled against impossible odds and freezing temperatures to stay alive. See also the documentary ALIVE: 20 YEARS LATER.
| Credits | | Cast: | Ethan Hawke, Jack Noseworthy, Josh Hamilton |
Notes "Alive" is the second film adaptation of this true story. The first was the 1976 "Survive!" (originally: "Los Supervivientes de los Andes").
The narrator, a survivor who tells the story 20 years after, was played by the uncredited John Malkovich.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Available to buy in the UK.
The laserdisc version (#7819CS) includes the documentary "Alive: 20 Years Later"
The CLV/CAV laserdisc version puts Side 1 in the CAV format to feature the plane crash at Chapter 3. This newly remastered and letterboxed disc also includes the 51 minute documentary "Alive: 20 Years Later." The documentary, which is not letterboxed, is narrated by Martin Sheen., DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Audio: TBD Additional Release Material: TBD Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
Editorial Reviews "...A remarkable true-life adventure that taps dark emotions....ALIVE draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic..." Rolling Stone - p.75 - Peter Travers (02/04/1993)
"...Well-crafted....One has to admire the [performances] Marshall elicits from his largely unknown cast..." Variety - Brian Lowry (01/11/1993)
"...The location photography is impressive, the scenery is awesome, the re-enactment of the air crash is terrifying and uses convincing special effects..." Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/15/1993)
"...It features one of the scariest plane crashes of all time..." Entertainment Weekly - Jamie Malanowski
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